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September 14, 2006
Topics baby, clothes, birth, big, pregnancy, hospitals, mom, babies, twins, sleep, bed, florida, help, boy, hospital and woman
A baby boy born Tuesday at the William W. Backus Hospital weighed in at nearly 15 pounds, the average size of a 6-month-old. Born to Marie Michel, the infant, Stephon Hendrix Louis-Jean, broke the hospital's 18-year record of the biggest baby, by weighing in at 14 pounds, 13 ounces and measuring nearly 23 inches in length. "He's built like a linebacker," Dr. David Kalla, who delivered the baby by Caesarean section, told the AP.
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August 30, 2006
A serial killer nurse who admitted killing 29 patients donates one of his kidneys to the brother of an ex-girlfriend. Charles Cullen had threatened to skip his sentencing hearing if he was not permitted to be the donor. In February, a judge approved Cullen's removal from prison for the operation.
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August 7, 2006
One of only eight known photographs of Florence Nightingale goes on display in the United Kingdom Monday. The black-and-while photo shows Nightingale reading in front of her family home in Hampshire. Taken in 1858, the photo was snapped by a local pharmacist Nightingale met while gathering medical supplies for her trip to the Crimea.
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August 4, 2006
A rundown car described as the "biggest pile of crap on Ebay" finds fame on the Internet by generating 34,000 hits and selling for about $549. The surprising popularity of the entry prompted the owner to turn it into an event for charity. The owner is Jason McCluskey, 31, a chef from Portsmouth on the southern English coast. He had listed his beat up 1985 Volkswagen Polo for sale starting at 12 cents for "a bit of light-hearted humor".
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August 1, 2006
Topics elephant, water, magic, houses, medicine, pain, doctors, house, man, buffalo, hospitals, wives, elephants, sleep, happy, blood, female, health and couple
In rural Cambodia where doctors and hospitals are scarce, poor villagers are turning to a magic elephant which is believed to cure illnesses ranging from typhoid to high blood pressure. A few times a month, Yey Proheu, a 70-year-old female elephant goes around to villages to offer relief to the sick with mahout, Pang Hy, and his assistants.
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